Combination food can and heater attachment



July 22, 1952 A. F. PEYSER COMBINATION FOOD CAN AND HEATER ATTACHMENT Filed Oct. 28, 1949 IN V EN TOR.

the accompanying drawings.

Patented July 22, 1952 uwlfrs lgfism t N oFFlc Arnold Felix Peyser, Portland, Oreg. Application October 28, 1949, Serial No. 124,004

The invention relates to improvements in a heater-apparatus by which food in cans can be heated and which has following features: v

A light, handy heater, equipped with a regulator for the fire and with a fuel container, always ready to use, which heats the food in the can itself without stirring and without scorching the contents; a heater which "heats the food can through its cylindrical wall while the can lies on two supports in'horizontal position and which permit the can to be rotated; the heater having parts set into a 'cap' which has a form like a part of the food can andlwhich can be attached tothe food can with all parts ,of the heater contained therein. y

The objects of my invention are to provide;

A. Better heating. by heating a can in horizontal position.

B. Even heat by regulating the heat.

C. A support'for a can enabling the can to be rotated so as to avoid-the-scorching of the contents.

D. An available heater, attached to the food can, fitted with a fuel container, ready to use, which is not bulky and light.

The following is a brief description of my invention in which description reference is made to In the drawings, Figure 1 is'..a perspectiveview of a food can with attached cap containing the heater before use.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the cap attachment in which the heater and fuel are contained.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the heater, with the can supports and regulator handle in foldedin position.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the fuel container.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the rubber ring with lip.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the heater with the can supports set up and the regulator installed at the bottom.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of a clamp with two hooks.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the heater, with a horizontally supported food can with attached extension-cap, rubber ring, and clamp in place during the heating.

The heater, made from light sheet-metal, has a circular bottom I0 and a circular wall H which has a narrow slit 12 (Fig. 6). The top of wall II is formed with two pairs of extensions I3, sopposite to each other, having elongated lateral 2 Claims. (01. 126-262) portions 14 and with their upper edges cut in arcuate form so as to fit the cylindrical can surface when these extensions are bent into the position shown in Figs. 6 and 8. By enabling the can to be supported in horizontal position a wider heating-surface is gained than is possible with a can in vertical position heated through its small bottom.

To prevent over-heating and scorching of the food in the can and insure proper heating throughout, the can is rotated on the heater extensions l3.

The heat regulator I5 is in the form of an arm resting on the bottom In of the heater, pivoted at I! (Fig. 6), and having a handle'.portion l6 extending out through the slit 12 in the heater vide for adjusted disposition of the heat.

wall. A tablet 28 of solidified fuel is placed on the heat regulator as shown in Fig. 6 and the handle I6 can be used to move the burning fuel from one side to the other in the heater to pro- The food can can also be shifted longitudinally as well as rotated.

The extension cap 30 (Figs. 1, 2 and 8) is formed like a part of the food can in shape but of slightly larger diameter. One end of the extension cap is open, the other end is closed, and a small opening [8 (Fig. 1) is made in the center of the closed end. A band of insulation [9 (Fig. 1) is provided on the outside of the extension cap as protection against the heat when the can is handled during the heating. The extension cap serves as a housing for the heater and fuel container before the heater is used and can be attached to the food can by a rubber ring 20 having a lip 22. e

The fuel container 25 is a flat, round metal 'box of a size small enough to fit inside the heater, the heater in turn fitting inside the extension cap. The fuel container is adapted to contain several tablets of solidified fuel, enough for the heating of several cans.

A clamp 29 (Fig. 7), formed with a hook at, each end, is placed in the fuel container. The purpose of the clamp will be explained later.

My device is used as follows: The extension cap with the heater and fuel container therein, having originally been attached over the end of the can by the rubber ring 20, is removed from the can by pulling down on the lip 22 of the rubber ring until a portion of the rubber ring is pulled from between the can and the cap. The can and cap are then separated and the heater, indicated in general by the reference character 24, and fuel container are taken out of the cap.

3 s The fuel container is removed from the heater and the can-supporting extensions l3 of the heater are bent into the supporting position shown in Fig. 6. A fuel tablet 28 from the fuel container is placed on the heat regulator IS. A portion of the top of the food can is opened and the extension cap is set over the partially-opened can end with therubber ring 20 insealing position between the-rim of the cap and" the can. The

lip v22 "of the rubber ring .20 is clamped in the larger hook 23 of the clamp, as shown in Fig. 8,

and the other end of the clamp is hooked over 4 spaced position above said heater bottom and the heating of said can may take place While said can is supported on its side.

2. A heater assembly attachment for a common cylindrical can containing a product to be heated, said assembly comprising a cap removably attached to one end of the can, and a heater removably carried in said cap said heater having a ".bottom'xo'fzslightly smaller "diameter [than said cap, a circulafwall on said heater bottom, cansupporting members extending from the top edge of said heater wall which extend over into the the end of the cap. The clamp facilitates-the;

removal of the cap after the can has been heated. With the cap in place on the partially-opened end of the can, the fuel in the heater is lighted and the can is placed on the supportingextensions of the heater as illustrated in Fig. 8. The cap is.

grasped at the insulation band 19 and the canis' rotated slowly manually during the heating. The

' flame is 'shiftedunder-the canto regulate 'andfdistribute the heat more evenly. The .hole I 8 punched in the end of..the cap permits steam'to escape should the heating be continued'to "the point where 'stearnfisgenerated.

' When cans"withfentirely.liquidcont'ents are "to be heatedth'e'se may be heated in'upright position bybending in the lateralportions f4 o'f'fthe .can supports 13 'spftha'ti these will be within the bottom rimofth'e'fcan, enabling the can to beset on the same.

I claimzy V '1; Aheaterras's'embly attachment 'for a common c'ylindrical'c an containingapro duct to be heated said assembly)" including a cap "removably attached tbjone .end ofit'he can, and :a heater re- "mo'vably carried insaidcap;saidheaterhaving a bottom of 's'lightly sm'alIer diameter than saidcap in whichmay be placed solidified-fuel, a Wall on said heater bottom, and 'can-supporting'members extending from the top-"edge of 'saidheater wall which extendover into the he'aterwhen-the heater is carried in said cap but which may be bent into upright position when the heater 'isset up and used, the top edges of said members being dric'al can wall-when said-members are bent into upright position; whereby said "canmay be' sup --'ported Unsaid? haembens "on itsside in 'hoi izontal iheat'erxwhen-the heater is carried in said cap -but -whieh may be bent into upright position when the heater is set up and used, the top edges of said members being V-shaped to provide a pairpf-rests.Lfor the cylindrical can wall when said members are bent into upright position, whereby said can may be supported on said members on its side in horizontal spaced position abovesaid heater bottom, and theheating of said can may take place while said can is supported on its sideg-arfd a movable support for solidified fuehnthebottom ofisaid' heater.

JARNULDZ-FELDK QPEYSER.

IREFERENGES ECIT'ED The .ifollowing references are of "record in the .IJ'NITED 'STATI ESJQPATENTS Date.

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